MENIFEE: I-215 rear-end wreck kills motorist

The 62-year-old Hemet man died at Inland Valley Regional Medical Center less than two hours after the 3:20 p.m. crash Wednesday, Nov. 18, along the northbound lanes of I-215 just south of Newport Road. His name was not released.

The victim was driving a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck when he encountered heavy traffic and stopped behind a 2011 Ford Taurus driven by 43-year-old Michael Dawson of Sun City, investigators said in a written statement.

The pickup truck was rear-ended by a 1998 Bounder recreational vehicle driven by 52-year-old Lance Joseph DeJesus of San Diego, according to the statement. The impact shoved the pickup truck into the Taurus.

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